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Darfur Now, written and directed by Ted Braun, is the critically acclaimed documentary that explores the Darfur conflict through the experiences of six individuals: a village woman who became a rebel after her infant son was killed; a leader of displaced Darfurians in the Hamadea camp; a war-time prosecutor; the head of the UN’s World Food Program in West Darfur; a young Californian who successfully led the fight for the state of California to divest funds from Darfur; and actor, Don Cheadle, a Darfur activist .
Darfur Now, won the NAACP Image Award for best documentary of 2007 and was named one of 2007’s top five documentaries by the National Board of Review. Ted Braun is the son of Dr. Theodore and Mrs. Joan Braun of Charlotte. The DVD is available for check out.

Patron Recommendation - The Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries by Colin Cotterill
This is a gem of a recommendation. It’s hard to classify this series because it deals with themes of murder and corruption, while at the same time written with wit and humor, not to mention a bit of mysticism. The setting is Laos, 1975, under the communist Pathet Lao rule. Dr. Siri Paiboun, 72 years old and ready to retire, is pressed into service by the state as its only coroner, even though he knows next to nothing about autopsies. The author builds suspense by stacking one subplot on top of the other for what is a truly engrossing read. If you like Alexander McCall Smith you might want to take a look at this series.

New unabridged audio books on CD
Fiction
Another Thing to Fall, Laura Lippman
The Broken Window, Jeffery Deaver
Damage Control, J. A. Jance
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, Elizabeth Berg
Death of a Celebrity, M.C. Beaton
Girls in Trucks, Katie Crouch
Harvesting the Heart, Jodi Picoult
Irish Country Village, Patrick Taylor
Plague of Doves, Louise Erdrich
Resolution, Robert B. Parker
Skeletons at the Feast, Chris Bohjalian
So Brave, Young and Handsome, Leif Enger
Still Life, Louise Penny
Nonfiction
The Airmen and the Headhunters, Judith M. Heimann
The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
The Man Who Loved China, Simon Winchester
The Monster of Florence, Douglas Preston
What Happened: Inside the Bush Whitehouse Washington’s Culture of
Deception, Scott McClellan

New Books
Fiction
America America, Ethan Canin
Anarchy and Old Dogs, Colin Cotterill
Broken Window: a Lincoln Rhyme Novel, Jeffrey Deaver
Damage Control, Judith A. Jance
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: and Other Small Acts of Liberation, Short
Stories, Elizabeth Berg
Death Angel, Linda Howard
Hit and Run, Lawrence Block
An Irish Country Doctor, Patrick Taylor
An Irish Country Village, Patrick Taylor
Last Patriot, Brad Thor
Made in the USA, Billie Letts
Moscow Rules, Daniel Silva
Netherland, Joseph O’Neill
Northline, Willy Vlautin
Oxygen, Carol Wiley Cassella
Say Goodbye, Lisa Gardner
Silent Thunder, Iris Johansen
Sister, Poppy Adams
Sweet Love, Sarah Strohmeyer
Telex from Cuba, Rachel Kushner
The Ten Year Nap, Meg Wolitzer
Tethered, Amy Mackinnon
Thirty-Three Teeth, Colin Cotterill
Time is a River, Mary Alice Munroe
Tribute, Nora Roberts
Winter Study, Nevada Barr
Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars, Andrew S. Pham
Empires of the Sea: the Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest
for the Center of the World, Ann Gaines
Nonfiction
Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Father, Bob Morris
Champion’s Mind, Pete Sampras
Chosen Forever, Susan Richards
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a
War on American Ideals, Jane Mayer
Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars, Andrew S. Pham
Empires of the Sea: the Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest
for the Center of the World, Ann Gaines
Prince of Frogtown, Rick Bragg
Rome 1906, David Maraniss
Up for Renewal, Cathy Alter

Library Book Discussion Group will begin fall meeting on Thursday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. with a share-your-recent reading session. Check the next Charlotte News for the details on the Vermont Humanities Council series to begin November 13.